12:49 AM,
May 4, 2013

Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto gets a high-five from a fan after scoring during Friday's game against the Chicago Cubs.

Written by

John Fay
The Cincinnati Enquirer

All that stood between the Reds and their ugliest loss of the year was J.J. Hoover. Hoover took the ball with the Reds up a run, the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth. The mess was the result of a rare Aroldis Chapman breakdown.

Hoover struck out Darwin Barney for his first save, preserving a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs before a crowd of 32,579 on windy, wet and cold Friday at Wrigley Field.

A Reds loss would have been as ugly as the weather. The Reds led 6-2 going into the ninth. ...